Hame-tug.



No. 794,977. PATENTED JULY 18, 1905. N. GUTHRIB.

HAME TUG.

APPLICATION FILED APR.12.1905.

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NITED STATES Patented July 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.-

NEHEMIAH GUTHRIE, OF ITALY, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN L.ANDERSON, OF ITALY, TEXAS.

HAME-TUG- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,977,dated July 18, 1905. Application fil d April 12, 1905. Serial No.255,131.

To all whmn it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, NEHEMIAH GUTHRIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Italy, in the county of Ellis and State of Texas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Hame-Tugs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention pertains to hame-tugs; and it consists in a tug embodyingthe peculiar and advantageous construction hereinafter described, andparticularly defined in the claim appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this invention, Figure 1is a perspective view illustrating the hame-tug constituting thepreferred embodiment of my invention as connected to a trace. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section of the tug with some parts in elevation and thetrace omitted. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken in the planeindicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinalsection taken in the plane indicated by the line 4. 4 of Fig. 3.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which Y A is a trace, of leather or othersuitable material, and B is my novel tug as a whole.

As clearly shown in the drawings, the tug B comprises a draft-bar a, ofoblong form in cross-section having a head 6 at its forward end andmeans, preferably a leather lug 0 and a buckle d, at its rear end forconnecting it to trace A, a casing 0, provided with a loggerhead f orother means to connect it to a hame, (not shown,) and also provided withan interior abutment g, loosely receiving the rod (0, and a coiledspring It, having coils of oblong form, Fig. 3, surrounding the bar aand interposed between the'head 6 thereof and the abutment 9, so as tocushion rearward draft on the bar, as when a horse commences to pull,and thereby relieve the strain on ahorse and effectually preventbreakage of the harness. The casing e is made up of a substantially flatinner section 70, of sheet metal, and a concavo-convex outer section Z,of sheet metal, the edges of which are riveted at intervals to those ofthe section 70, as indicated by m. These sections A: and Z are providedwith grooves m, Fig. 4:, which receive the edges of and hold theabutment g, and their forward portions are disposed at opposite sides ofand riveted to the loggerhead f, as shown. The outer section Z is alsoprovided with keeper-loops p, of sheet metal, designed toreceive andhold the surplus portion of the trace A after the manner illustrated inFig. 1. I

The casing-sections k and Z, the loops 1), the rod a, the abutment g,and the spring /L are all preferably of steel with a view of enablingthem to withstand the rough usage to which hame-tugs are ordinarilysubjected, and thereby prolong the usefulness of the improved tug as aWhole.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that the draft-bar a, the springIL, and the casing e are of flat and narrow form, and hence presentabout the same thickness as an ordinary hame-tug, as is desirable; butit will be noticed that notwithstanding such flat and narrow form thespring is highly efficient in cushioning the draft-bar a, while thecasing e is adapted to effectually protect the said spring againstinjury and the Weather. It will also be noticed that the abutment g issecurely clamped and held between the sec-.

tions 71: and Z of the casing e, and hence is not likely to be casuallymoved lengthwise of the casing by pull imposed on the bar a and spring72,.

I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangementof the parts in the present embodiment of my invention in order toimpart a definite understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire,however, to be understood as confining myself to the specificconstruction and arrangement ofparts, as such changes or modificationsmay be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my inventionas claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

In a hame-tug, the combination of a flatform casing comprising an inner,sheet-metal section and an outer, sheet-metal section; said sectionshaving their edge portions riveted together and also having grooves atan intermediate point in the length of the casing, tween the head of thebar and the abutment; I means at one end of the casing for connectingthe said spring having oblong coils. the same to a hame, an aperturedabutment In testimony whereof I have hereunto set arranged in thegrooves of and clamped bemy hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 5tween the casing-sections, a draft-bar, of obnesses.

long form in cross-section, extending loosely I NEHEMIAH GUTHRIE.through the abutment and having a forward Witnesses: head, and a coiledspring surrounding the ALEX MOSELEY, draft-bar,within the casing, andinterposed be- J OI-IN L. ANDERSON.

